Walton is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
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Walton (surname)
Walton is a toponymic surname or placename of Anglo-Saxon origins. It derives from a place with the suffix '' tun'' ('town, farm, hamlet') and one of the prefixes ''wald'' ('a wood'), ''walesc'' ('foreigner') or ''walh'' ('farm worker'). First rec ...
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Walton as a given name may refer to:
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Walt Bachrach (1904–1989), American politician, mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
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Chadwick Walton
Chadwick Antonio Kirkpatrick Walton (born 3 July 1985) is a West Indies cricketer from Jamaica. Nicknamed Rope, Walton is a right-hand batsman and wicket keeper who played a series of first class cricket matches for Combined Campuses and Colleg ...
(born 1985), West Indian cricketer
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Walton Ford
Walton Ford (born 1960 in Larchmont, New York) is an American visual artist who makes paintings and prints in the style of naturalist illustrations, often depicting extinct species. though in his more recent series of work such as shown in his 2 ...
(born 1960), American painter
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Walton Goggins
Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. He has starred in various television series, including ''The Shield'' (2002–2008), ''Justified (TV series), Justified'' (2010–2015), ''Vice Principals'' (2016–2017), ...
(born 1971), American actor
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Walton Hale Hamilton
Walton Hale Hamilton (October 30, 1881 – October 27, 1958) was an American law professor who taught at Yale Law School (1928–1948). In 1919, Hamilton coined the term "institutional economics".
Life and work
Born in Tennessee, Hamilton recei ...
(1881–1958), American law professor and economist
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Walt Kirk
Walton Kirk Jr. (September 3, 1924 – December 12, 2012) was an American professional basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, ...
(1924–2012), American National Basketball Association player
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Walton Musser Clarence Walton Musser (April 5, 1909, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania – June 8, 1998) inventor of strain wave gearing and also credited with over 250 major inventions and discoveries.
Some of his inventions were the Army recoilless rifle, aircraft per ...
(1909–1998), American inventor and engineer
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Walton Walker
Walton Harris Walker (3 December 1889 – 23 December 1950) was a United States Army four-star rank, four-star General (United States), general who served with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where he commanded the ...
(1889–1950), United States Army four-star general
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Walton Alfonso Webson
Walton Alfonso Webson is an Antiguan diplomat. He has served as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York of Antigua and Barbuda since 2014. (), Antiguan diplomat
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